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Koodoo vs. Voodoo — What's the Difference?

Koodoo vs. Voodoo — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Koodoo and Voodoo

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Koodoo

Variant of kudu.

Voodoo

A black religious cult practised in the Caribbean and the southern US, combining elements of Roman Catholic ritual with traditional African magical and religious rites, and characterized by sorcery and spirit possession
If you understand voodoo you can talk to these spirits
A voodoo priest
They can use voodoo to help people
A voodoo doll

Koodoo

(dated) kudu

Voodoo

Affect (someone) by the practice of voodoo
Someone had voodooed her

Koodoo

A large South African antelope (Strepsiceros kudu). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut.
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Voodoo

A religion of West African origin practiced chiefly in Haiti and other Caribbean countries, based on animism, magic, and elements of Roman Catholic ritual, and characterized by belief in a supreme God and a large pantheon of local and tutelary deities, deified ancestors, and saints, who communicate with believers in dreams, trances, and ritual possessions. Also called vodoun.

Koodoo

Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush

Voodoo

A practitioner, priest, or priestess of voodoo.

Voodoo

Deceptive or delusive nonsense.

Voodoo

To place under the influence of a spell or curse; bewitch.

Voodoo

Of or relating to the beliefs or practices of voodoo.

Voodoo

Based on unrealistic or delusive assumptions
Voodoo economics.

Voodoo

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

Voodoo

The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

Voodoo

(pejorative) Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.

Voodoo

(dated) One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

Voodoo

To bewitch someone or something using voodoo
He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.

Voodoo

See Voodooism.

Voodoo

One who practices voodooism; a negro sorcerer.

Voodoo

Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations.

Voodoo

A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers

Voodoo

A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

Voodoo

Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

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